2 months behind rent and partial payments?

[David Sugiyama]

I have a tenant behind in rent for November, rate is $730/mo.  I gave pay or quit notice, but then they gave me a partial payment, via Zelle, of $200.  They did this twice.  They haven't paid December yet so they're more than 1 month behind.

1. Will partial payments still delay eviction if those payments are still part of what's owed for November?

2. If so, can I return any newly sent partial payments back to them via Zelle and still proceed with eviction?

[Tim Miller]

First thing, Zelle is not meant for rent payment collections. Shut it down before it causes you more problems. Than find an online platform to collect rent. We're not fans of Avail.co but they do allow you to force full payments only. Innago has more controls over payments. You can even turn the payment option off on a tenant.

November is over and if you are going to move forward with eviction, DO NOT accept any more payments from the tenant. File for the rest of Novembers rent and now for Decembers rent.